Religious Education 

Grandparent's Day Mass and  Celebrations

It was wonderful to see so many parents, grandparents, grandfriends and visitors at our Grandparent's Day Mass and celebrations last week ! The Mass was led by our Year 2 students who were amazing! A BIG thank you to their teachers who prepared them for the Mass!

Feast of the Assumption

Thursday - 15th August - On this day we celebrated the feast of the Assumption. On this feast day we commemorate the day that Mary died and her body was ‘assumed’ into Heaven. This Feast day is a ‘holy day of obligation’.  In the Catholic Church it is one of two days of obligation outside of Sundays, the other being Christmas. It is an opportunity to remind ourselves of the special place Mary has in God’s plan of salvation. 

A Year 6 initiative ! ‘Ignite our faith’ in Year 6

This Term Father Julian, Mrs Clay, myself and Ms Bowler (Family Educator) have introduced a program for Our Lady of Fatima Year 6 students called  ‘Ignite our Faith: Yr 6’.

The program is voluntary however more than 37 students across Year 6 have nominated to be a part of it ! 

The program is designed to give the students a chance to meet  once a fortnight to explore Scripture, spend some time discussing issues of faith and how they relate to their young lives. The 45 minute session ends with a pizza lunch where the students get a chance to mix informally with the Priests of our Parish. 

Due to the large number of students who wish to be involved in the program, we have split the students into two groups and  will rotate their attendance across the term.

We are very excited to introduce this to our Year 6 students and hope that in some ways it will give them the chance to : ‘‘Ignite our Faith’ in Year 6.

Father's Day celebrations 

Dads… get ready to celebrate the gift of being a Dad !!! On Friday 30th August our celebrations begin with a sausage sizzle breakfast commencing at 7.30am. 

There will be time for some games and activities on the playground so … time to practise your handball skills… basketball skills and paper plane throwing skills !!

The morning breakfast will be followed by a Liturgy on the top playground. This will be led by our Year 6 and Kinder students. 

Be sure to check out the flyer that has been sent home through compass! Print it out and place it on the fridge as a reminder to save the date! 

Looking forward to seeing you here at OLF 

to celebrate the gift of being a DAD !! 

Mrs Cheryl Ross | Religious Education Coordinator